The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-05-01
COAXING THE MIDLAND
Provo Looking After the
Coming Railroad.
THE INDUCEMENTS HELD OUT
Natural Facilities and Right OF
Way-Commepdab Enterprise
at the Garden City

rh mos an enthusiastic mass
meeting held in the District Court room |
on Friday night. pursuant to resoiu,
ton of the City Council and puollsneu
call by the mayor of this city. Mayor
w. H. Dusenberry was elected CHAIR
man. and T. w. Lincoln, secretary
with John R. Tweives, assistant secfe-
tary of the meeting. The chairman
stated the object of the meeting was ~
consider and adopt such measures ao
| were within our reach, TO induce the
Colorado & Utah Midland Kaliroau
Company to come to Prove ana MAKE
this Il eli p INCL a point OF operatlonS
in Titan. He suggested that the nluhl-
cinaIity could donate the block known
as the adobe yard, and also the BLOCK
used as the west public square, 1or
the machine shops, depot, etc: he SAID
further that he knew the right OF way
from the mouth of Provo Canyon into
This city could be offered free of expense
to the railroad company.
I q. Graham moved that committee
ot fonr gentlemen, with the mayor OF
the CITY as chairman, be appointed 10
confer with the railroad managers anu
the CITY Council in accordance Win the
sense of this meeting.
Judge Dusenberry moved an amend
ment, that instead OF four; seven De
elected from the body of the house, and
that il is the sense of this meeting that
: the citizens generally will extend all the
, facilities within their reach as an induce :
mani for The Midland Railroad to locate
in their midst. Said he had recently
visited Colorado and noticed all the nat
uraI facilities of the road pointed down
Provo CANYON. We want ID urge them
tn come and not ask them where they
are going. The value of property Will
, 90 up so per cent. as soon as IL Is
decided the road will come to Provo,
Short speeches in the following ORDER
, we're made by Reed Smoot, w. =; a.
Smoot, A. A. Noon, Dan Jones .. ..
! Jones. A. D. Holloway, w. u. RooertS
and others, in favor or the motion and
{, the amendment, which was then
adopted by an unanimous vote. Inc
, following w.re then elected, by ma
4 ioritv vote, members of the committee,
viz: Judge Dusenberry, A. A. Noon
. Reed Smoot, s. S. Jones, George Suto-
I erland, J. c. Graham and u. ID. AbDott
l The last named gentleman was noml-
d mated by S. r. Thurman, against tW(
y other candidates, and some discussion
resulted as to the merits OF the pariles
;, Mr.. Thurman made snort speech IL
u favor of his candidate, and said: VI
y Chairman, l desire to say few WORDS
- in favor of Mr.. Abbott's being
member of the committee we
y cannot expect the Salt Lake
/ !. papers to advocate the railroad comm.
% to Provo, and as Mr.. Abbott recent!
came from Colorado and has established
j. a newspaper here in Provo, propos
to give him q chance to help deVelo
e. our resources. If ever that RAILROAD
Is comes to Provo it will have to De eltne
d. 4 bulldozed or blowed here. we nav
one editor on the committee now an
e, we all know something of his abllltlt
in this particular line of business, and
X think it no more than the occasion re
" ouires that we give the editor OF tn
Z. american a chance" After The applaus
:, that followed this little speech OF NJ
IL Thurman's had subsidized, there was
general withdrawing of other nomln;
o. tions and Mr.. Abbott was unanimous
"a elected.
mittee. D.
-, Provo, April 80.